“We all have a spiritual purpose, a mission, that we have been pursuing without being fully aware of it, and once we bring it completely into consciousness, our lives can take off.” This sentence found in the last 3rd of the book just about sums it all up for me. We have a spiritual purpose for this life. I know I do. I know I was called to, or whatever you want to call it, at a very young age. I know that I have spent my entire life “chasing it” trying to figure out “where to go from here”…”what I want to be when I grow up”. I know that I have spent a great deal of my life trying to “control” it instead of letting it flow to me. Living in the flow, instead of forcing the issue. That is the only way to have it come to me. But I guess I wasn’t exactly ready for it, that is, until this year. Not until doing this 52 books in 52 weeks project.

This book has been on my “to read list” for YEARS! I have seen the movie, but never got around to reading it. As a matter of fact, it was on my list to read this year way early on in the year, but it has taken me to number 48 at week number 52 to actually get it read. But ya know what? It came at the perfect time!

This book reinforces much of what I believe spiritually. It talks about energy, personal conflicts and why we have them, about coincidences and how we pay attention to them we realize they are not coincidences rather our intuition talking to us! The idea (in this book) is that there are 9 insights left to us by the Mayans, and these 9 insights show us the way to evolve and become more spiritually connected and in tune people. The insights give us a better way to live..a better way to understand what the Christ was teaching us through is life….. It is so beautiful!

Like usual, I underlined and dog-eared every other page. This book was that profound. However, like the story itself, I think I will let you discover the insights on your own..the way you are lead to them. That is the only way you will truly understand them.

I will tell you to pay attention to “coincidences” in your life. For example, let’s take a look at how I became employed at Bogus Basin as a cashier in the Simplot Lodge. I did NOT want to work in the Simplot Lodge. It is the busiest lodge and can get quite messy. It has been my perception that it can be very loud with lots of screaming teens and children. In the past I have been very sensitive to that many people. It did not sound enjoyable to me. Then as my son Nate was trying to apply for a buser’s job on-line for Simplot Lodge, I was trying to help him and accidentally clicked on it and applied for MYSELF for a busser in the Simplot Lodge. A busser!!!! So totally NOT what I wanted. I tried and tried and tried very unsuccessfully to remove this from my on-line jobs profile for Bogus. Even though the button said “unclick” or whatever, it would not allow me to remove it. Ah well. Then, I got the call from the Simplot Manager wanting me to interview for THAT position. I told the manager (Gary) that it was an accident and I didn’t want the job. Instead, he asked me to come in any way just to start the process. I agreed. I got called for the interview, Nate did not. I felt horrible. I was getting a job, that I didn’t even want, and Nate wasn’t even getting called at all.

I went to the interview; as we talked the subject of Nate came up. Gary wrote down his name and said he would call him. He did. Nate went to the interview and said that if I had not gotten called first, he didn’t think he would have ever gotten called. Yay! Then I got the job offer, and so did Nate. I took the offer, but still hoped the other 5 jobs I applied for would come through. I only got interviewed for ONE of the other jobs. I didn’t get that job. Instead I ended up with a cashier’s job in Simplot Lodge (even though I applied for busser, Gary said he wanted me as Cashier).

It turns out, it is PERFECT!!!!!! I LOVE my job, and miss it when I’m not there! I love the people I work with. I love the guests I get to serve. I love everything about it.

Great…so that is one coincidence. It is ONE example of how following the coincidences all the way through will lead you to wear you need to be and maybe even help other people at the same time. So what is my next step in following these coincidences? On our first work newsletter there was a section about taking your own professional growth into your hands. If there is someone at work who has the qualities or experiences you would like to learn from, then talk to them. Well, Bogus is a non-profit recreational facility. In my job, I get to see all the ‘big wigs” who run the mountain and talk to them on a daily basis. My next step is getting to know them better and make a date to have lunch or dinner with them and see if I can learn how to go about getting my non-profit recreational facility (roller rink) up and running!

This is what The Celestine Prophecy talks about… one of my favorite quotes says: “The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations. People are part of that energy universe too, so when we have a question, the people show up who have the answer.” I have followed the energy to the right place for the universe to provide me with the people I think will be able to help me! I ask the questions, and the universe gave me the answers!

Here is another great quote. Beside it, I wrote, “My work!”. During this part of the book, the main character describes a dream he was having about being in this raging river and if he fights the river it would drown him, but if he didn’t fight against it…”It woudl have carried me to the key. What are you saying? That if i don’t fight against this situation that I might still get the answers I want?” His friend replied, “I’m not saying anything. The dream is saying.”

Why do we fight against what is right, even when at first glance it looks wrong. If we stop trying to control our lives and live in the flow and be OPEN to what the universe is sharing with us, we will wind up right where we are supposed to be and life will be bliss! When we are filled with energy and living in the flow, all of our questions will be answered and we would feel like a fish out of water trying to gasp for our next breath! It’s beautiful!

I will leave you with one more great quote that sums up not only this book and the lessons learned from it, but also my year…..

“I guess I’ve woken up and seen the world as a mysterious place that provides everything we need, if we get clear and get on the path.”